2 Samuel 19:17 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 19:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאֶ֨לֶף
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
אִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
עִמּוֹ֮
ʻim
H5973
with
מִבִּנְיָמִן֒
Binyâmîyn
H1144
Benjamin
וְצִיבָ֗א
Tsîybâʼ
H6717
Ziba
נַ֚עַר
naʻar
H5288
boy
בֵּ֣ית
bayith
H1004
house
שָׁא֔וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
וַחֲמֵ֨שֶׁת
châmêsh
H2568
five
עָשָׂ֥ר
ʻâsâr
H6240
teen
בָּנָ֛יו
bên
H1121
son
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים
ʻesrîym
H6242
twenty
עֲבָדָ֖יו
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אִתּ֑וֹ
ʼêth
H854
with
וְצָלְח֥וּ
tsâlach
H6743
to prosper
הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן
Yardên
H3383
Jordan
לִפְנֵ֥י
pânîym
H6440
face
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
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World English Bible Public Domain
There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
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King James Version Public Domain
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and 1,000 men with him from Benjamin. And Ziba, the young man of the house of Saul, and his 15 sons and his 20 servants with him. And they rushed the Jordan to the face of the king.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).